Aristotle Quotes on Law
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Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all.
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Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.
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That judges of important causes should hold office for life is a disputable thing, for the mind grows old as well as the body.
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The law is reason unaffected by desire.
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Law is order, and good law is good order.
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For legislators make the citizens good by forming habits in them, and this is the wish of every legislator, and those who do not effect it miss their mark, and it is in this that a good constitution differs from a bad one.
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I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
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Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.
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It is in justice that the ordering of society is centered.
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The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.
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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.